- By Namrata Vijay
- Sun, 28 Dec 2025 04:23 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
IND vs SA: The BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia has put all the rumours of Gautam Gambhir getting sacked as India's head coach to rest. As per him, Gambhir, who became India's head coach across formats last year, will remain the same. Questions were raised about his future as the head coach of the Test team, as they had lost the Test series against South Africa at home.
Saikia then dismissed such claims, saying that Gambhir's position isn't under threat.
As per PTI, the board had requested VVS Laxman to replace Gambhir as the Test coach.
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“It’s all rumours. We haven’t discussed or approached anyone. He will continue as per the contract," Saikia was quoted as saying on Sports Tak.
Saikia also talked about rumours of Laxman becoming the head coach and said to ANI, “The reports currently circulating are entirely inaccurate and purely speculative. Despite being carried by some reputed media outlets, there is no truth to these claims. The BCCI categorically denies them and has taken no such steps. These reports are based on conjecture and imagination, are factually incorrect, and completely baseless."
After Gambhir became the head coach, the Men In Blue had played seven of 19 Test matches so far. In his regime, two Test matches against teams like Bangladesh (home), one in Australia, two in England, and two against the West Indies. At the same time, they have lost three Test matches against New Zealand, three away Test series against Australia, two away red-ball matches against England, and a couple more home Tests against South Africa.
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Gambhir is the only head coach under whom the team has lost 5 Test matches at home and also the only coach to get whitewashed twice in a home Test series.
The Men in Blue will play three more Test series in the World Test Championship (WTC) but have very little chance of finishing in the top two. They can finish in the top two, and for that, they need to win seven of the next 9 matches.
They will be playing a two-match Test series against Sri Lanka and New Zealand in 2026 and then face Australia for a five-match series.